key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
(some) more; even more; longer; further
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
instability; insecurity; crankiness
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
living in obscurity; lying low; remaining unnoticed
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
tail (animal); tail end; tip
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
literary world; literary circles
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
unpublished; not yet announced
specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
so; like this; in this way
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else